Adhma, Ādhmā: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀdhmā (आध्मा).—1 P.
1) To inflate, puff up, swell.
2) To blow or fill with wind, sound (as a conch &c.). -pass. To be elated or inflated, be filled; तव भुजबलदर्पाध्मायमा- नस्य वामः शिरसि चरण एष न्यस्यते वारयैनम् (tava bhujabaladarpādhmāyamā- nasya vāmaḥ śirasi caraṇa eṣa nyasyate vārayainam) Ve.3.4. Mv.5.2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀdhmā (आध्मा):—[=ā-√dhmā] [Parasmaipada] -dhamati ([imperative] 2. sg. -dhama) to inflate, fill with air, blow, [Harivaṃśa];
—to cry out, utter with a loud voice;
—to sound, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka] :
—[Passive voice] (-dhmāyati [irr.] [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv, 6, 2, 12]) to swell with wind, puff up, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta] (in the latter sense sometimes [Suśruta 290, 10] [Parasmaipada]) :—[Causal] to blow, inflate.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with (+7): Adhman, Adhmana, Adhmanavata, Adhmani, Adhmanisu, Adhmapana, Adhmara, Adhmata, Adhmatagriva, Adhmatakandhara, Adhmatamiva, Atmacakti, Atmakkiyati, Atmalapam, Atman, Atmanacam, Atmananam, Atmanantam, Atmanivetanam, Atmanupavam.
Ends with: Antaratma, Atman, Bradhma, Jivatman, Mukkiyatma, Paradhma, Pradhma, Samadhma, Shamkhadhma, Shankhadhma, Shleshmadhma, Tunavadhma, Upadhma.
Full-text: Adhamana, Adhmani, Adhmata, Samadhma, Adhmapana, Adhmana.
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